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ButterBox also bundles the latest release of the [DeltaChat Android APK](https://delta.chat/en/download) in the image with each release. This ensures new people can use DeltaChat even without access to an internet-based app store. In the future, we plan to also include the desktop software, a local web interface, and possibly an iOS binary, for jailbroken or sideload capable devices. ButterBox also bundles the latest release of the [DeltaChat Android APK](https://delta.chat/en/download) in the image with each release. This ensures new people can use DeltaChat even without access to an internet-based app store. In the future, we plan to also include the desktop software, a local web interface, and possibly an iOS binary, for jailbroken or sideload capable devices.
Within the new Butter portal interface, we name our DeltaChat support "Secure Messenger", since we assume most people won't be familiar with the specific brand name. When the user selects that option, they are taken through a prompt to install the app, and then set up their "offline account". This auto-generates an ["Instant Onboarding"](https://delta.chat/en/2024-05-31-instant-onboarding) account link which with one tap, QR scan or copy-and-paste action (all can work), sets up their DeltaChat app with the local MadMail server on the ButterBox they are connected to. The user just needs to enter the name for the account, and they are in! Within the new Butter portal interface, we name our DeltaChat support "Secure Messenger", since we assume most people won't be familiar with the specific brand name. This also helps us distinguish it from our [Matrix-powered Convene Public Chat](/docs/services/local-chat) servicee. When the user selects the Secure Messenger option, they are taken through a prompt to first install the DeltaChat app, and then set up their "offline account". This auto-generates an ["Instant Onboarding"](https://delta.chat/en/2024-05-31-instant-onboarding) account link. With just one tap, QR scan or copy-and-paste action (all can work), their DeltaChat app is configured with the local MadMail server on the ButterBox they are connected to. The user just needs to enter the name for the account, and they are in!
![image6.jpg](/img/blog/2026-05-11-butterbox-deltachat/image6.jpg) ![image6.jpg](/img/blog/2026-05-11-butterbox-deltachat/image6.jpg)
![image3.jpg](/img/blog/2026-05-11-butterbox-deltachat/image3.jpg) ![image3.jpg](/img/blog/2026-05-11-butterbox-deltachat/image3.jpg)
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![image5.png](/img/blog/2026-05-11-butterbox-deltachat/image5.png) ![image5.png](/img/blog/2026-05-11-butterbox-deltachat/image5.png)
## Many Ways to Spread the Network
The diagram below shows our pre-existing approach of multiple users on different devices **connecting to one ButterBox**. This model has been used for digital security training events and offline content distribution in Southern Africa and Latin America. DeltaChat works great in this configuration too, with a single ButterBox as an asynchronous messaging hub people can physically visit to sync messages, share files, and more throughout the day. The diagram below shows our pre-existing approach of multiple users on different devices **connecting to one ButterBox**. This model has been used for digital security training events and offline content distribution in Southern Africa and Latin America. DeltaChat works great in this configuration too, with a single ButterBox as an asynchronous messaging hub people can physically visit to sync messages, share files, and more throughout the day.
![image11.png](/img/blog/2026-05-11-butterbox-deltachat/image11.png) ![image11.png](/img/blog/2026-05-11-butterbox-deltachat/image11.png)
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![image9.png](/img/blog/2026-05-11-butterbox-deltachat/image9.png) ![image9.png](/img/blog/2026-05-11-butterbox-deltachat/image9.png)
**Spread the Butter** ##Spreading the Dream Butter
The buttery dream we have is that ButterBox with DeltaChat can be a platform for both permanent and temporary shutdown-resilient communication networks that are both secure and simple to setup. We are working towards this by building in the MadMail server and DeltaChat apps directly into our firmware images, improving configuration support to allow for easier multiple box coexistence, and updating our user interface to support "one tap" or "one scan" instant account provisioning. Our early testing is promising, and the potential is great. As we churn forward ahead, we definitely see the rich cream beginning to clump into delicious, golden, decentralized butter! The buttery dream we have is that ButterBox with DeltaChat can be a platform for both permanent and temporary shutdown-resilient communication networks that are both secure and simple to setup. We are working towards this by building in the MadMail server and DeltaChat apps directly into our firmware images, improving configuration support to allow for easier multiple box coexistence, and updating our user interface to support "one tap" or "one scan" instant account provisioning. Our early testing is promising, and the potential is great. As we churn forward ahead, we definitely see the rich cream beginning to clump into delicious, golden, decentralized butter!